What was your "celebration" beer?

I crack a 1993 Courage Russian every birthday. Unless I live past 120, I've a sufficient stock.

 

WWS for my graduation.

 

Drank a 120 min the day I received my Masters of Science.
Drank a Avery Mesistopholes the day I received my Bachelors.

I plan on drinking something extravagant the day I propose to my girlfriend...soon

 

I have a @ two-year old Birrificio Pausa Café Tosta waiting for next book/baby.

 

My second is due in May, at the moment I have a Unibroue 17 grand reserve bottled on my daughters second birthday that I'm saving for the occasion. I know it's not the most epic of finds but it will be over 2 years old at the time of opening and I think that there's a nice symmetry to the whole thing. Kind of like celebrating my child's birth with its big sisters birthday.

 

I always keep a 750ml bottle of Duvel in my kitchen cupboard for special occasions... oh yeah, congrats on the kid!

 

When I moved into my new apartment, I shared a bottle of Hill Farmstead Arthur with my sister and her husband. I shared it with them because they helped me move and we needed an amazing beer to celebrate my new place and the work they put in being done. That's a damn good enough reason to drink a world class beer. Honestly, I don't need much reason.

 

Sounds like your bachelor party will end up like mine:



I ended up chugging most of that Avery The Beast due to the fact that the 5 other people there took 1 oz pours of it. The Dogtoberfest was the last bottle of the pale ale I brewed with one of my groomsmen.

I can't even think about Four Star Pizza now because of that night. *shudder*

 

i plan on having a nice tasting of bt, gm, cr, and mw for when i ask my friends to be in my wedding party

 

For my 50th it was hiking the Long Trail and watching my Heady Topper get canned.
For 51 it was finally getting a bottle of CBS.

 

With my second child I had my first ST Mocha. I had only been a BA for 5 months so that seemed special at the time. Then with my last, we had a boy and a girl already so we decided not to find out the sex. So I had chosen The Abyss for boy and Angel Share for a girl. The Angel Share ended up being infected, so I had to drink The Abyss. Lost Abby after emailing them about this and the being the only glitch in a perfect Friday the 13th birth sent me to stem tulip glasses, a little pink onesy, and two bottles one Angel Share and one Deliverance. That is a great brewery!

 

I have 2 kids and in retrospect I wish I would have cracked something. But, life was so busy leading up to the births and after, that it didn't even cross my mind.

 

Congrats!

While it's not like having a kid... The last day I was on the last ship I was stationed on I cracked open a 2013 Java Eclipse. Made that day even more awesome!

 

Bought a BCBS Rare for my brother-in-law's 10th anniversary...

 

my wife and I got married this year on april 20 (2014 obviously) so besides me sneaking a few bowls before the party in the bathroom to celebrate (getting married and the national day) , I had an Enjoy By 4.20.14 by stone. just felt appropriate....then started cracking kbs's, parabolas, and yea, by the time those were done I don't know what else I drank.


now that I think about it (don't judge) when our first son was born, we had a lengthy stay at the hospital, so I snuck in a few four packs of a couple year old Founders imperial stout in the relax the bones.

 

Congrats on your joyful day!!!

My first daughter was born over 30 years ago, I was nearly 20. I do not remember the exact beer I had that day but am guessing is was inexpensive and tasteless

Two more daughters and a few decades later and I'm now going to be a grandfather (again) in December. 3 daughters and now my 3rd grandson!!! Not quite 50 yet but can say with certainty that the beer I drink on my new grandson's birthday will be much better than my offerings from my past. I have several things to choose from in the "cellar" and am looking forward to the day with great anticipation...oh yes...I'm sure the cigar I smoke on that special day will be much better than the Swisher Sweet I smoke so many moons ago

 

I have a bottle of Fullers Vintage ale (2009) that i cannot wait to crack open http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/71/19426/ . looks like it will be Christmas day for me

 

I've had KBS four times, two of which were after the birth of my daughters in '11 and '13.

 

A little different, but somewhat related. Steal this if you want OP.

Now, I'm nowhere near ready for a kid of my own. BUT, when I do have one I am going to collect a vertical of something like a Bigfoot Ale or the like for each year leading up to the kid's 21st birthday. At that point, I'll pass it over to him/her to hold on to or share. I'll likely do this with wine as well. A bottle of wine each year put away for 21 years. A nice b-day collection that will be appreciated for a long time, and more with each year of the child's life.